Skating in February (1965)

This is just a few meters from our former house in Borgfeld in Bremen. We used to live on the dyke. In winter the meadows were flooded in order to fertilize the ground. Nice for people as you got an almost never-ending skating ground when the water froze. On the small canals you could skate to Holland if you liked. We once skated from this place here to our summer house with all my classmates, c. ten kilometers I guess. Well, times have changed - I haven't seen such large ice/skating areas anymore.

In the front of this picture my sister, cousin and aunt - the two girls trying to keep their balance on their skates. ;)